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Rondeau

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One of the Formes Fixes: ABaAabAB
capital A = vocal refrain
lower case a = instrumental solo

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Concertino

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Ensemble of few solo instruments

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Chorale

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STROPHIC hymn used in the German Lutheran Church

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Monody

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Solo vocal piece w/ instrumental accompaniment designed to restore ancient greek ideas of melody - Baroque era

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Ouverture

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French OVERTURE in two-part form, the first slow and majestic with dotted rhythms, the second quick, fluent and FUGAL, after which first section returns. 2) a suite having such an introduction.

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Opéra comique

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French full-length opera with spoken dialogue instead of recitative.

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Sarabande

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Third movement of a DANCE SUITE, slow dance in triple meter, emphasizing the second beat

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Sacred Concerto

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Composition on a sacred text for one or more soloists and instrumental accompaniment; w/ Chorus = Grand Concerto, w/out chorus = concerto for few voices

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Scherzo

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Jesting type of movement that evolved from the Minuet

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Appoggiatura

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An ornament in which a non-chord tone falls on a strong beat, thereafter resolving

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Chaconne

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Dance song in triple time, originating in latin america

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Da capo Aria

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Two-section Aria form in which the first section is repeated after the end of the second (“from the head”)

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Recitativo Semplice

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RECITATIVE accompanied by Basso Continuo only

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Oratorio

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Composition for solo singers, chorus, and instruments; usually dramatic and on a biblical or religious subject

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Mass

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Most important service in the Catholic church

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Cantata

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Composition for solo voice containing RECITATIVES and ARIAS

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Opera seria (list location and century)

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Serious Italian Opera of the eighteenth century, purged of comic scenes and characters

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Chorale prelude

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Organ arrangement of a Chorale played before the congregation sings it

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Allemande

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Dance in duple meter, often first dance of a SUITE

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Opera buffa

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Italian full-length comic opera sung throughout

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Concerto

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Composition which primarily contrasts the orchestral ensemble with soloists or small soli groups

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Recitative

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Piece in which vocal delivery imitates speech-patterns, often found within opera

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Minuet (Minuet and trio)

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Dance in triple meter usually followed by a second minuet, called “Trio”, after which the first minuet returns

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Concertato

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Early Baroque form in which multiple instruments and voices perform together

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Partita

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Single variation of a theme or a set of such variations

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What form is the second movement of a Mozart concerto usually like?

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Lyrical Aria

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Standard Classic Four Movement Form

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  1. Opening sonata or allegro
  2. A slow movement, such as adagio
  3. Minuet or scherzo with trio
  4. Finale: allegro - rondo, or sonata
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Symphony

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Work for orchestra in several movements

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Organum

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improvised or written voice part sung against a plainchant, or the work resulting from this procedure

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Cantata

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Composition for solo voice containing recitatives and arias

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Sonata

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an ambitious work in several movements for one or two solo instruments

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Passion

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Setting of a New Testament account of the crucifixion of Jesus

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FAntasia

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Instrumental composition of fluid and improvisatory nature, often without any strict form

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Strophic

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poetry/lyrics with stanzas of equivalent form, therefore singable with the same melody over multiple stanzas - the pieces constructed like this

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Ripieno

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Italien for “Stuffing” - the body of instruments accompanying the concertino in baroque concerto music

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Tutti

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1 Orchestra; all play together

2 denoting the orchestra as opposed to the soloists in a CONCERTO

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Requiem

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Mass for the dead

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Exposition

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Section of a FUGE, SONATA, or CONCERTO in which the main subject(s) is/are announced

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Ricercare

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A temperate fugal piece on one or more subjects

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Motet

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Polyphonic vocal composition most often on a sacred text

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Grand motet

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Seventeenth / eighteenth- century French SACRED CONCERTO for soloists, double choruses, and orchestra

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Overture

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Introduction to a stage work, oratorio, or instrumental SUITE; later a brief orchestral work in one movement

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List the Liturgy of the Ordinary Mass

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Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
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Episode

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a passage within a FUGUE that does not state the principal subject

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Toccata

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Improvisatory piece that serves as an introduction to a Fugue

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Madrigal

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Polyphonic, unaccompanied vocal composition of Renaissance and early Baroque origin. 2-8 voices

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Prelude

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Introductory piece in an Opera, suite, or instrumental composition

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Sonata form

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Used mostly in first movements. 3 sections:

1) Exposition
a) theme(s) in tonic
b) more lyrical theme(s) in dominant or relative major
c) closing, cadential theme in Dom or relative major

2) Development
often including modulations

3) Recapitulation
Material of exposition restated all in tonic, sometimes w coda

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Fugue

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Composition or section of a composition in which a subject is answered or repeated successively by several voices - popular organ music late Baroque period

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Ritornello

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a recurring passage, often framing each new or recurrent section or between each stroph ( Da Capo Aria: R A R B R A R)

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Stretto

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Imitation of a subject at a close time-interval, even before the complete subject has been stated, most often in a FUGUE

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Recitativo Obbligato

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Orchestrally accompanied RECITATIVE

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Symphonic Poem / Tone Poem

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a one-movement orchestral piece that “describes” or evokes a non-musical subject

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Courante

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A dance in compound duple or triple meter (6/4 or 3/2) of french origin, often as the second movement of a SUITE

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